Scott Jorgensen vs. Antonio Banuelos Rematch Announced for WEC 48 With Damacio Page Injured
An injury has forced Damacio Page to withdraw from next month’s WEC 48, but fellow bantamweight Scott Jorgensen has agreed to replace Page and rematch Banuelos on the main card of World Extreme Cagefighting’s pay-per-view debut on April 24 in Sacramento, the promotion today announced.
Jorgensen (9-3) has lost just once in his last six bouts, dropping a split decision to Banuelos last June, but has most-recently emerged as a 135-pound contender by rebounding with three-straight wins, including an impressive 31-second guillotine choke submission of Chad George at WEC 47 earlier this month.
Banuelos (17-5) left the WEC in 2008 after dropping two of his last three fights, but after scoring a KO victory in Palace Fighting Championships later that year, he returned to the WEC in 2009 to earn decision victories over Jorgensen in June and Kenji Osawa in August.
The Jorgensen-Banuelos matchup kicks off the WEC 48 pay-per-view, which is headlined by featherweight champion Jose Aldo vs. former title-holder Urijah Faber, and also features lightweight champ Ben Henderson vs. Donald Cerrone, Mike Brown vs. Manny Gamburyan, and Anthony Njokuani vs. Shane Roller.
Check out the latest WEC 48 fight card in MMAFrenzy.com’s MMA rumors section, and stay tuned for complete WEC 48 coverage, including live WEC 48 results on April 24.
Pictured: Scott Jorgensen
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Sucks that Page is going to miss the WEC’s big show, but good on Jorgensen for stepping up and taking a rematch on what I guess could be considered short notice…
sucks that this fight isnt going to be televised..
Says that this fight will kick off the ppv, so we will see it. Pulling for Jorgensen again in this one.
Yes this fight will be on the PPV… I was there for their first bout and damn that one was a barn burner, honestly one of the absolute best fights I’ve seen. I was excited for Page v Banuelos but I’m just giddy for Jorgensen v Banuelos II, yet again another reason to purchase the WEC’s first PPV event.